KT McDonald MAP Spring Meeting May 30, Target System Concept for a Muon Collider/Neutrino Factory K.T. McDonald Princeton University (May 28, 2014)

KT McDonald MAP Spring Meeting May 30, Specifications from the Muon Accelerator Staging Scenario 6.75 GeV (kinetic energy) proton beam with 3 ns (rms) pulse. 1 MW initial beam power, upgradable to 2 MW (perhaps even to 4 MW). 60 Hz initial rep rate for Neutrino Factory; 15 Hz rep rate for later Muon Collider. The goal is to deliver a maximum number of soft muons, ~ 40 < KE < ~ 180 MeV.

KT McDonald MAP Spring Meeting May 30, Target System Concept Graphite target (ρ ~ 1.8 g/cm 3 ), radiation cooled (with option for convection cooling); liquid metal jet as option for 2-4 MW beam power. Target inside high-field solenoid magnet (20 T) that collects both µ ±. Target and proton beam tilted with respect to magnetic axis. Superconducting magnet coils shielded by He-gas-cooled W beads. Proton beam dump via a graphite rod just downstream of the target. Some of the proton and  /µ transport near the target is in air.

KT McDonald MAP Spring Meeting May 30, Stainless-steel target vessel (double-walled with intramural He-gas flow for cooling) with graphite target and beam dump, and downstream Be window. This vessel would be replaced every few months at 1 MW beam power. 15 T superconducting coil outsert, Stored energy ~ 3 GJ, ~ 100 tons 5 T copper-coil insert. Water-cooled, MgO insulated He-gas cooled W-bead shielding (~ 100 tons) Proton beam tube Upstream proton beam window Target System Concept Last Final-Focus quad

KT McDonald MAP Spring Meeting May 30, Target System Optimization

KT McDonald MAP Spring Meeting May 30, Target System Optimizations High-Z favored. Optima for graphite target: length = 80 cm, radius ~ 8 mm (with σ r = 2 mm (rms) beam radius), tilt angle = 65 mrad, nominal geometric rms emittance ε  = 5 µm. β* = σ r 2 /ε   = 0.8 m. Graphite proton beam dump, 120 cm long, 24 mm radius to intercept most of the (diverging) unscattered proton beam. The 20 T field on target should drop to the ~ 2 T field in the rest of the Front End over ~ 5 m.

KT McDonald MAP Spring Meeting May 30, Issues for Further Study Thermal “shock” of the short proton pulse Probably OK for 2 MW and 60 Hz operation; 15-Hz option needs study. Cooling of target, and the W beads. Lifetime of target against radiation damage. Beam windows.  * and beam emittance at the target. To preserve liquid-metal-jet upgrade option, need related infrastructure installed at t = 0.

KT McDonald MAP Spring Meeting May 30, Thermal Issues for Solid Targets When beam pulse length t is less than target radius r divided by speed of sound v sound, beam- induced pressure waves (thermal shock) are a major issue. Simple model: if U = beam energy deposition in, say, Joules/g, then the instantaneous temperature rise ∆T is given by ∆T = U /C, where C = heat\ capacity in Joules/g/K. The temperature rise leads to a strain  r/r given by ∆r/r = α ∆T = α U/C, where α = thermal expansion coefficient. The strain leads to a stress P (= force/area) given by P = E ∆r/r = E α U/C, where E = modulus of elasticity. In many metals, the tensile strength obeys P ≈ E, α ≈ 10 -5, and C ≈ 0.3 J/g/K, in which case U max ≈ P C / E α ≈ ∙ 0.3 / ≈ 60 J/g  C: P = 42.4 Mpa, E = 7.2 Gpa, α = 4.8  10 -5, C = 1.4 J/g, U max ≈ 1700 J/g. (α ≈ 1  for carbon-carbon composite) [A nickel target at FNAL has operated with U max ≈ 1500 J/g.] These arguments are from A Short Course on Targetry, KTM, NuFact03 Summer Institute

KT McDonald MAP Spring Meeting May 30, How Much Beam Power Can a Solid Target Stand? What is the maximum beam power this material can withstand without cracking, for a 6.75-GeV beam at 15 Hz with area 0.1 cm 2 ? Ans: MARS15 indicates that the peak energy deposition in a “pencil” target is essentially just that of dE/dx,  1.5 MeV/(g/cm 2 ) for graphite. Now, 1.5 MeV = 2.4 ∙ J, so 1500 J/g requires a proton beam intensity of (1500 J/g)/(2.4 ∙ J  cm 2 /g) ≈ 6 ∙ /cm 2.  P max ≈ 15 Hz ∙ 6.75  10 9 eV ∙ (1.6 ∙ J/eV) ∙ (6  /cm 2 ) ∙ 0.1 cm 2 ≈ 1 ∙ 10 7 J/s = 10 MW. If graphite cracks under singles pulses of > 1500 J/g, then safe up to 10 MW beam 15 Hz.